--- title: lol, what did the fishing look like back in the day? — Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the E… · tree and pragmatics description: lol, what did the fishing look like back in the day? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 968 «Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179: the shipwreck and Clara's death» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/968-pg27200-part179/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the E…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/968-pg27200-part179/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179… lol, what did the fishing look like back in the day? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fishing · **What happens:** look This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 968 «Mogens and Other Stories, Jurgen the Eel-Breeder, part 179: the shipwreck and Clara's death» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/968-pg27200-part179/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t11:1 # text = lol, what did the fishing look like back in the day? 1 lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past · do-support | the fishing | | | | day | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} the shoals were thick and the fish grew enormous in the old days, honestly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t11:o1:1 # text = the shoals were thick and the fish grew enormous in the old days, honestly 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shoals shoal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 enormous enormous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 15 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the shoals | | | | | honestly, thick *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **grow** | past | the fish | | | | day | enormous *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} fish were huge and way more plentiful ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t11:o2:1 # text = fish were huge and way more plentiful 1 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 plentiful plentiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | fish | | | | | huge *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} boats caught nothing much ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t11:o3:1 # text = boats caught nothing much 1 boats boat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 obj _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **catch** | past | boats | nothing | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} fish were huge, way more plentiful, and easy to catch from shore ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:968-pg27200-part179:t11:o4:1 # text = fish were huge, way more plentiful, and easy to catch from shore 1 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 plentiful plentiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 catch catch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 shore shore NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | fish | | | | | way *obl*; huge *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | fish *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **catch** | to-infinitive | fish *not said here* | | | shore | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from shore=Source | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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